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Liudmila Belavenets

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Liudmila Belavenets
Belavenets in 2011
Full nameLiudmila Sergeyevna Belavenets
CountryRussia
Born7 June 1940 (1940-06-07)
Moscow, Russia
Died7 November 2021 (2021-11-08) (aged 81)
Moscow, Russia
Title
ICCF World Champion1984–1992 (women)
Peak rating2210 (January 1990)
ICCF peak rating2213 (July 1994)

Liudmila Sergeyevna Belavenets (Russian: Людмила Сергеевна Белавенец; also transliterated Lyudmila Sergeevna Belavenets; 7 June 1940 – 7 November 2021) was a Russian chess player.

Biography

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Born in Moscow, she was the daughter of Russian chess master Sergey Belavenets.

In correspondence chess, Belavenets was the fourth women's world champion (1984–1992)[1] and was awarded the titles of Lady Grandmaster and International Master in 1991.[2] In over-the-board chess, she won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1975 and was awarded the title of Woman International Master by FIDE in 1977.[3] In 2010, she was awarded also the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Death

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Belavenets died from COVID-19 in Moscow on 7 November 2021, at age 81, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "4. Ladies World Championship Final crosstable". ICCF.
  2. ^ "Belavenets, Lyudmila Sergeevna". ICCF.
  3. ^ Di Felice, Gino (22 November 2017). Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016. McFarland. p. 32. ISBN 9781476671321.
  4. ^ "Ушла из жизни Людмила Белавенец" [Lyudmila Belavenets passed away]. chess-news.ru (in Russian). 7 November 2021. (English translation)
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Preceded by Ladies World Correspondence Chess Champion
1984–1992
Succeeded by